

First Time Facilitator
Leanne Hughes
Leanne Hughes from the First Time Facilitator blog reveals all of her group facilitation, training and workshop tips and tricks so you can be ahead of the curve the next time you step out in front of a group.Discover how you can tweak elements of your facilitation style, or incorporate new techniques to engage your audience and leave with lasting impact (and 5-star feedback). Icebreakers, leadership, group interaction, preparation, games, conflict, props, flip-charts, delivery, voice, body language, confidence, discussions and everything that works (and doesn’t work) to help you better understand how to deliver and connect with your audience, every single time.
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Mar 2, 2020 • 41min
Effective virtual facilitation using Zoom Webinars with Leanne Hughes (Episode 108)
Send Leanne a messageThis is a surprise, pop-up show! I had so many of you asking questions about how to facilitate virtual meetings and webinars, so I’ve created a practical episode, on this very topic this week. It seems like there is more of a demand to do this well, particularly given world events like coronavirus, we’re seeing […] The post Effective virtual facilitation using Zoom Webinars with Leanne Hughes (Episode 108) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t.📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. Support the show

Feb 24, 2020 • 42min
Get going (and then get good) with Kate Norris (Episode 107)
Send Leanne a messageCharisma: An important topic that we haven’t explored enough on this show. How do you know when someone is charismatic? What clues do you pick up? That’s a question I ask today’s guest, to get her thoughts on what it takes to be charismatic. And spoiler alert? The good news is, we can all get a little […] The post Get going (and then get good) with Kate Norris (Episode 107) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t.📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. Support the show

Feb 17, 2020 • 48min
Why being “barely adequate” is a smart strategy for First Time Facilitators with Michael Bungay-Stanier (Episode 106)
Send Leanne a messageLeanne Hughes interviews #1 coaching thought leader and author, Michael Bungay-Stanier on the First Time Facilitator podcast. The post Why being “barely adequate” is a smart strategy for First Time Facilitators with Michael Bungay-Stanier (Episode 106) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t.📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. Support the show

Feb 10, 2020 • 38min
Legendary learning + the facilitation percentage game with Juan Daniel Sobrado (Episode 105)
Send Leanne a messageHere’s a question for you. Think about the last workshop you delivered. If you had to use a ratio, how much time did you spend speaking, explaining, emphasising vs the group speaking, sharing, contributing? That’s a great reflection question, isn’t it? I can’t claim it. It’s question that led today’s guest into becoming more curious […] The post Legendary learning + the facilitation percentage game with Juan Daniel Sobrado (Episode 105) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t.📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. Support the show

Feb 3, 2020 • 33min
When do you stop calling yourself a First Time Facilitator? with Leanne Hughes (Episode 104)
Send Leanne a messageWhen do you stop calling yourself a First Time Facilitator? How do you know when you’ve graduated to just being a “Facilitator”? I’ve given a bit of consideration to this and put together my thoughts in this episode. I talk about some key things to stop, start (and continue) doing, for example: Stop apologising when […] The post When do you stop calling yourself a First Time Facilitator? with Leanne Hughes (Episode 104) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t.📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. Support the show

Jan 27, 2020 • 43min
Learning to adapt, adopt and love change with Lydia Moussa (Episode 103)
Send Leanne a messageWith the inevitable changes happening all around us, teams need to build their capabilities so that they can successfully adopt new change projects and confidently adapt to their ever-changing environments. Academic, change facilitator & tech startup founder, Lydia Moussa, combines knowledge and evidence from her PhD in change implementation research, with years of change facilitation […] The post Learning to adapt, adopt and love change with Lydia Moussa (Episode 103) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t.📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. Support the show

Jan 20, 2020 • 50min
Using body language to create a powerful workshop experience with Mark Bowden (Episode 102)
Send Leanne a messageYou know when you run a workshop, every now and then you peer around the room to see who’s paying attention, who looks interested (and, who doesn’t!) and you make judgments based on what you’re seeing from up the front of the room? I thought that was a key part of being a facilitator – […] The post Using body language to create a powerful workshop experience with Mark Bowden (Episode 102) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t.📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. Support the show

Jan 13, 2020 • 1h 4min
10 facilitation lessons from the last 100 weeks with Leanne Hughes (Episode 101) + a bonus interview with Murray Guest
Send Leanne a messageThis week on the show sharing my Top 10 facilitation lessons learnt over the last 100 episodes. I’m going to compare the facilitator I was 100 weeks ago, with the facilitator I am now (or who I aspire to be), based on the information I’ve been able to extract from previous guests and experiences. I […] The post 10 facilitation lessons from the last 100 weeks with Leanne Hughes (Episode 101) + a bonus interview with Murray Guest appeared first on First Time Facilitator.If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t.📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. Support the show

Jan 6, 2020 • 42min
Facilitating conversations with the world’s best performers with Jordan Harbinger (Episode 100)
Send Leanne a messageLeanne Hughes interviews Jordan Harbinger on the First Time Facilitator podcast The post Facilitating conversations with the world’s best performers with Jordan Harbinger (Episode 100) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t.📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. Support the show

Dec 30, 2019 • 42min
16 Facilitators share their 2020 planning strategy (Episode 99)
Send Leanne a messageHow do your fellow facilitators plan their new year? Be inspired and get some new ideas on how to plan your 2020 by hearing 16 previous guests of the First Time Facilitator podcast share how they they form their plan of attack Special thanks to the following facilitators for contributing to this week’s episode: Sue […] The post 16 Facilitators share their 2020 planning strategy (Episode 99) appeared first on First Time Facilitator.If you're nodding along to today's First Time Facilitator episode, you're going to love my written companion: Work Fame — a weekly Spublication designed to help you stand out in your work, build your reputation, and get the opportunities others don’t.📝 Subscribe for free at work.fa.me See you in your inbox. Support the show